Destruction Difficulty
by MovTery
Destruction Difficulty makes breaking blocks harder, changing which drops a player receives and when food saturation is consumed.
What it does
When a block is broken, the mod can change the chance of each drop, so a tool with Silk Touch or Fortune no longer guarantees the usual result. A block whitelist lets server owners choose which blocks are affected and how strongly. Mining speed can also be lowered, and the mod leaves room for further refinement of how mining time is calculated.
Each block's drop probabilities are set separately, so the difficulty can be tuned per block instead of applied to the whole game. Breaking a block can also cost the player some food saturation, which adds a resource cost to mining. The mod runs on Fabric and needs Cloth Config API. Mod Menu is optional and only adds a settings screen.
Installing it on a server with matching clients is the normal setup, since the environment is client and server. The source code is public under the MIT License, and the issue tracker is open to reports. Builds exist for ten release versions, with 1.6.2 as the latest Fabric file for 1.20.4.
Key features
Harder block drops
Silk Touch and Fortune enchanted tools no longer always produce the expected drop from a broken block.
Per-block drop chances
Each block has its own drop probabilities, so the difficulty is set block by block.
Block whitelist
Server owners list which blocks the difficulty applies to, and the chance is customized for each entry.
Food cost for mining
Breaking a block can consume food saturation, adding a cost to mining.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Script's Difficulty Balancer is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and built for Fabric 1.19.4 – 1.20.4. Slow Mine is also server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, but targets 26.1.2 – 26.2, so the version ranges do not overlap. Destruction Difficulty works on both client and server, and it is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destruction Difficulty | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-01-11 |
| Script's Difficulty Balancer | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-04-13 |
| Slow Mine | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-09 |
Questions
Does Destruction Difficulty need Cloth Config API?
Must the mod be installed on both sides?
Which game versions does Destruction Difficulty support?
In the catalog
Destruction Difficulty is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/destructiond
- Owner
- MovTery
- Published
- 2023-11-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-01-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15